Elaine Reese Explained
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Fields: | Psychology of early language acquisition |
Alma Mater: | Emory University |
Thesis1 Title: | Predicting emergent literacy from mother-child conversational interactions. |
Thesis1 Url: | https://kleene.library.emory.edu/cgi-bin/full_view_primo?doc_id=990005213340302486 |
Thesis1 Year: | 1993 |
Doctoral Advisor: | Robyn Fivush |
Jeanne Elaine Reese is an American-New Zealand psychology academic.[1]
Academic career
After a PhD at Emory University on early-childhood literacy, Reese moved to the University of Otago, where she rose to full professor in 2012.[2] Reese has received four Marsden grants from the Royal Society of New Zealand.[1]
Reese's work involves longitudinal studies of language and story formation in childhood and youth. In 2013, The Atlantic published her piece, "What Kids Learn From Hearing Family Stories", based on her research.[3]
In 2019, Reese was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.[4]
Selected works
- Reese, Elaine, Catherine A. Haden, and Robyn Fivush. "Mother-child conversations about the past: Relationships of style and memory over time." Cognitive development 8, no. 4 (1993): 403–430.
- Fivush, Robyn, Catherine A. Haden, and Elaine Reese. "Elaborating on elaborations: Role of maternal reminiscing style in cognitive and socioemotional development." Child development 77, no. 6 (2006): 1568–1588.
- Reese, Elaine, and Robyn Fivush. "Parental styles of talking about the past." Developmental psychology 29, no. 3 (1993): 596.
- Reese, Elaine, and Adell Cox. "Quality of adult book reading affects children's emergent literacy." Developmental psychology 35, no. 1 (1999): 20.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Professor Elaine Reese, Our People, Department of Psychology, University of Otago, New Zealand . Otago.ac.nz . 27 January 2018.
- Web site: Otago announces professorial promotions | Scoop News . Scoop.co.nz . 20 December 2012 . 27 January 2018.
- Web site: What Kids Learn From Hearing Family Stories . The Atlantic . 9 December 2013 . 27 January 2018.
- Web site: Researchers and scholars at the top of their fields elected as Fellows . 21 November 2019 . Royal Society Te Apārangi . 27 November 2019.